Brown may skip Mass. debate

9/20/12 3:24 PM EDT

Voting is “the one thing that I can’t delegate to the staff,” he told the Boston Globe Thursday, adding: "If I can catch a 4:30 plane, I’ll hustle there."

A spokeswoman for Brown could not immediately be reached for comment.

Senate leaders have yet to agree on a final voting schedule for a six-month stop gap measure to keep the government funded. If the Senate does not agree on a timetable, votes could stretch into next week. But most expect a deal to be reached on final votes to occur Thursday.

Democratic aides questioned whether Senate Republicans were blocking a quick time agreement on final votes in order to give Brown an excuse to skip the debate, a charge Republicans denied.